January 16, 2021

     I am so excited for this class this semester and the opportunity I get to learn more about families and why they are the way they are. One of my roommates took this class last semester and she was always sharing what she learned, and it sounded like something I wanted to learn more about. When she told me, she had to do a blog post every week it kind of made me nervous because I didn't know what I could write about that would make a worthwhile post but after class on Thursday, I am feeling a lot better. This blog is a place where I am going to be able to share my thoughts on the different topics we talk about in class and I think it is such a great idea. I am a quiet person and so I do not always get the opportunity to share my thoughts in class, so the blog is a good way for me to share those thoughts with not only my teacher and classmates but also my friends and family and anyone else who wants to read it. I can express what I think about everything we are talking about and in doing so I can learn the subject better than if I were to just sit and listen. The blog is a way for me to not just take notes on class and forget but to take notes and look back over them later to write my blog post.

    We have only had one full week of class, but my professor shared a few stories of people's blogs that were insightful. He shared about how there have been people who have created these blogs that have been able to share them with their friends and families to help them learn more about what we are learning about in class. The topic of families has become a kind of controversial topic in the world today. Many people have different opinions on what a family is and if having a family is important, my family is so important in my life and I am so grateful for them. With the topic of families being as controversial as they are it makes it hard to talk about and research because how do you know what is true. It is difficult when you know that somebody your close to disagrees with you because it turns into either you bring it up and have a chance of stepping on some toes or do not talk about it and keep the peace but not have the opportunity to share your opinion.

    Families are also becoming less of a priority for many people. A lot of people are okay with being alone or not marrying and just living with their boyfriends/girlfriends. Marriage is not as special for some people as it used to be.  In this blog I want to share what I believe to be true about the family. I know that there are so many different kinds of families. A lot of things can happen within a family, there are single mothers/fathers, there is divorced parents, sometimes grandparents are the parents and there are also different dynamics among families, some are close, and some are not. There is not set family to be like, everyone is different and goes through different trials and challenges with their families, but as long as we are trying to be the best, we can be then that's a family, I am interested to learn what makes a family a family. I am also interested to read some of my classmates thoughts on what we are learning in class.